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Cascade Springs Nature Preserve

Cascade Springs Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Cascade Springs Nature Preserve is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 278 m. Kennesaw Mountain stands 543 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
278 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.71949, -84.48126

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veltre Circle: 0.3 mi
  • Adams Park: 1.1 mi
  • Adams Park: 1.2 mi
  • Westmanor Park: 1.3 mi
  • Hills Community Center: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Memorial to the Battle of Ezra Church: 2.6 mi
  • Frank L. Staton Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Woodruff Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Confederate Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Maceo A. Brown Memorial Intersection: 3.0 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions: 39
Peaks: 23
  • Jack's Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Druid Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Cheatham Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Pigeon Hill: 18.1 mi
  • Blackjack Mountain: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 21
  • Cascade Springs Nature Preserve: 0.2 mi
  • Intrenchment Creek greenspace: 9.0 mi
  • Lullwater Conservation Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Woodlands Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Reynolds Nature Preserve: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Aarlington Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Swan Lake Estates Beach: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Trentham Spring: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cascade Springs Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennesaw MountainNNW 342°543 m18.6 mi
Stone MountainENE 73°514 m20.2 mi
Sweat MountainN 4°500 m24.1 mi
Little Kennesaw MountainNNW 341°488 m18.4 mi
Lost MountainNW 322°462 m20.1 mi
Blackjack MountainN 358°418 m18.2 mi
Andy MountainW 272°405 m21.4 mi
Pine MountainNNW 333°396 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:50
June solstice06:2920:1620:52
September equinox07:2719:0319:36
December solstice07:4016:5617:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444854627077807974635246
Precip in4.34.34.53.63.63.85.04.03.43.63.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Fulton CO AP, 5 mi away.

  • box elder35 obs
  • turkey-tail28 obs
  • American beech27 obs
  • White-tailed Deer26 obs
  • American sweetgum23 obs
  • bigleaf magnolia22 obs
  • Christmas fern21 obs
  • American tuliptree20 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358781527

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